"ملف رقم ٠٤٣٦/٢ اتفاقية طيران الشارقة" [و‎‎٢‎٠] (١١٦/٣٩)

Secret
Agency
P3/61/50*
Sahr jeh
29th June.1950
Your 460/2/50 about the Sharjah Airfield*
2* The following are iqy corai ents. Referencee are to Lewie*
tetter*
3* (A) The additional part of the runway is not included in
h present Air Agreement and there has been no suggestion of
including it in the new Air Agreement*
(B) I may have misunderstood your letter» but I have not
p approached the Ruler of Sharjah as I observe the matter
is Secret • If you wish me to do sc, will you please tel eg
-raph me immediately? Also, may I assure him that some extra
payment will be made for the extra land?
(C) To divert the track will involve cutting a road in the
sandstone hillocks at the ETotth Western end of the proposed
runway* This must be done before any work begins as there
is no possibility of crossing the hillocks at present, and
the creek shore can only be used at low tide*
(D) This would be aygwrt difficult to control,but presumabl
could be done* Could not the road be sunken, thereby avo^
-ing the problem? It wlllk have to be cut in the stone i.
any case*
(E) At present, that district of Sharjah is a burial grou
and is not likely to be developed* I think this could be ar?
-ng«d
L.A.G PIHHEY ESQ O.B.E.
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